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Friday, June 6, 2014

Creatus Book Review

Creatus by Carmen DeSousa is the first book in the Creatus
series. Have you ever wondered where all the stories and legends of super
humans came from?

The Creatus are a race of people with abilities and
strengths that exceed human capability. For the most part, they do what they
can to help humanity while keeping to the shadows. But sometimes there is a
rogue. Kristina finds out all too well about these beings when she falls in
love with one Creatus named Derrick and becomes the target of murder of another
mysterious rogue Creatus. Caught in the middle of these super beings, will she
survive?

Creatus is a wonderful premise for the origins of the
stories of such characters as Superman and Wonder Woman. The character
backgrounds are well developed and consistent throughout. The setting is in
Boston, both the upper crust and the not so. It has a wonderful first chapter
that draws the reader in immediately. It's exciting, heartbreaking and
mysterious. The story kind of slows for several chapters.

Once the plot dilemma reveals itself, it is simplistic. The
reader is able to narrow down the mystery rogue's identity pretty easily once
all the players have been introduced. It seems the majority of the story is
dedicated to developing Kris and Derrick’s relationship, leaving the mysterious
rogue attacks on humans as secondary for a while. I honestly skimmed through several
chapters.

The dialog is kind of stilted in places and I had a hard
time immersing myself in the story. I did like the introduction of Vic's
dilemma and how it leads into the next book on the series.

The ending is fast-paced and gets the readers wondering
about book two. I loved the cover.

It is definitely worth a read, but be advised that it is
more romance than action.